Sf Gate PollThis week's question: | Does a movie having a Christian message affect whether you'll go? | -- Hallelujah. We need more blockbusters like "Narnia." | -- What, me worry? I'll go to "Narnia" or "Brokeback Mountai...Letters: Statue, Pearl Harbor Day, etc. [free subscription]Weeping about Bee priorities | Re "Weeping or not, Mary is a magnet," Dec. 6: Why is The Bee continuing to write about the Mary statue? The editors must be shaking their heads and laughing. But keep it up, and ...Proposed ban on Friday meat was a well-done farceLiving History | Roger McDonough | As the 2006 Legislature approaches, I'm reminded of a mythical piece of legislation that had supposedly made its way to the floor in the early part of the 20th century. | It's...Civic improvement, or a land grab?RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. -- It's across the inlet from Palm Beach, but this town -- mostly black, blue-collar and with a large industrial and warehouse district -- could be a continent away from the Fortune 500 and ...Speech, money and the campusWASHINGTON -- The entitlement mentality produces petulant insistence on an ever-higher ratio of rights to responsibilities. Unsurprisingly, this mentality flourishes on campuses, where tenured faculty and privi...Tony strikes againThe Sea Malta workers who have been let down by the General Workers Union are going to hold a protest march in Paola on Thursday. So what does Tony Zarb do in a desperate attempt at protecting No 1? He announce...Democracy, individualism and paranoiaIn my article When Democracies are loved and hated of 20 November, I showed how fifth century Athens, much like the United States of America today, presumed that democracy is the best of all possible formulas...Sorry seems to be the hardest wordIf the letter, in another section of the English language press, by the president of the Nationalist Party General Council Victor Scerri demanding that the Queen of England make a public apology to the wartime ...For Muslims seeking sisterhood, fledgling sorority may be answerLEXINGTON, Ky. -- Tottering on stilettos, Amira Shalash, a freshman at the University of Kentucky, tossed back her long, tousled hair and tugged at the neckline of her sweater, which had slipped off her shoulde...If elected, she vows change for ChileSANTIAGO, Chile -- Everyone in the audience was dressed in dark blue or black. Some wore clerical collars, and most had heavy silver crosses dangling from their necks. But Michelle Bachelet wore an electric-pin...